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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2007
Applicant:
Hiroki Kanai, Odawara, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroki Kanai, Odawara, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The enclosurein which the storage control systemis constructed comprises a scale-out NAS head groupconstituted by two or more NAS heads, and a scale-up NAS headH that is a higher performance NAS head than each of NAS head membersL that are the NAS heads constituting the scale-out NAS group. The enclosurepermits insertion into general-purpose slotsin which the NAS head membersL and another type of channel control unitthat differs from the NAS head membersL are inserted. The scale-up NAS headH is mounted within the enclosurein a different location from the general-purpose slots